However, Mison's escort failed to see the Bright Hope through the Imperial blockade waiting in Hoth's orbit. A combined attack by Imperial Star Destroyers and the Mist Hunter, the craft of the bounty huntersZuckuss and 4-LOM, all but destroyed the Bright Hope before it could reach the safety of hyperspace. Seeing that there was nothing they could do for the Bright Hope and that no rescue attempt could be made for any possible survivors, Mison and the five escorting X-wing pilots escaped into hyperspace themselves.[6]

Personality and traits

A skilled pilot[1] and expert marksman,[2] Tarn Mison's interests generally revolved around credits rather than politics. However, upon witnessing the Imperial atrocity on Farbinda III, Mison's conscience led him to join the Alliance to Restore the Republic to oppose the Empire.[1] He had brown hair and a beard.[2]

Behind the scenes

The fleetingly-visible Michael Pangrazio as he moves across camera from left

"Yes, they got the artist's [sic] together to do a scene that was played out over a Matte painting that I had done of Rebel ships parked in the Ice cave. We were going to be Rebel soldiers…Joe Johnston, Harrison Ellinshaw [sic] and Mike Pangrazio, stood in the foreground and had a few lines…"

Mison's backstory was later expanded on in 2012's The Essential Guide to Warfare by Jason Fry and Paul Urquhart. No mention was made of Mison's time as an Imperial pilot, instead concentrating on his bush pilot abilities and his reason for joining the Alliance. This article assumes that both accounts are correct, and that his time as a smuggler came after his stint as an Imperial pilot.